The Israeli army on Sunday said it recovered the body of Mohammed Sinwar, a senior Hamas commander who was killed in a May 13 airstrike at a Gaza hospital.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on June 8 the death of Hamas field commander Mohammed Sinwar after forensic verification identified his body beneath the rubble of a tunnel in Gaza.

General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed during Israel’s overnight attacks as tensions in the Middle East grow

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than a hundred people were injured in the attack. The aid distributor said the reports were "false".

The IDF also claimed the body of senior Hamas commander Mohammad Shabana, leader of the Rafah Brigade, was found at the same site.

Following the elimination of Hamas's Gaza chief, Muhammad Sinwar, the Islamist group will have to choose a new leader to head the organization in the territory. However, Israel's eliminations of Hamas leaders will make it difficult to find a suitable successor.

The body of Mohammed Sinwar was found along with a number of other militants in the underground tunnel. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.